Alice Spencer , BACP

Alice Spencer is a counsellor who focuses on helping people facing relationship strain, grief, depression and major life changes. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can speak openly and be heard. Her approach is collaborative and warm, aimed at helping clients feel seen and understood.

Alice trained as a Person-centred Psychotherapist and works with creative counselling methods when useful. She adapts sessions to match what each person prefers, using talking, creative expression or a mix of both. This flexible style suits those who want a more personalised way to work through difficult feelings.

In sessions she makes room for reflection and emotional processing. That can mean exploring family of origin issues, attachment concerns, or the sense of emptiness that sometimes follows big life events. She also supports people navigating adoption and foster care, abandonment issues, blended family matters and caregiver stress.

Alice has experience in healthcare, higher education, the charity sector and private practice. She has worked with adults from diverse backgrounds and draws on that experience to offer fresh perspectives and gentle challenge when needed.

People who choose her often want a steady, relational approach rather than a prescriptive model. Alice aims to help clients build clearer self-connection and practical steps forward, while respecting each person’s pace and preferences.

How Alice uses client-centred methods online

Alice practises client-centred therapy, which focuses on listening deeply and helping people find their own answers. This approach suits issues like relationship difficulties, grief and identity questions because it emphasises being heard and understood.

She also brings creative counselling techniques into sessions when helpful, using art, writing or other expressive methods to access feelings that can be hard to put into words. These options can help with processing loss, body image concerns and life transitions by giving different ways to reflect and make sense of experience.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alice will collaborate with each person to decide whether a talking-led pathway, a creative focus or a blended plan fits best. That choice is guided by the client’s needs, goals and what feels manageable for them.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when people prefer that connection. Phone sessions can fit into short breaks or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins, reflective writing and more frequent touchpoints without scheduling a full call. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on the relationship and therapeutic process.